1 dead, 1 hurt in New Year's shootings in Reading

READING, Pa. (AP) — One man is dead and another is wounded after a shooting that happened early on New Year's Day in Reading.

Police Chief William Heim says the shootings happened around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. He says the body of one victim was found lying on the sidewalk in the middle of a city block; the second victim was taken to a hospital.

The Reading Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/VxadPI ) it wasn't immediately clear what led to the shootings. Police towed an abandoned sport utility vehicle they found around the corner from the shootings and found multiple shell casings on the ground.